Abu Tira soldier opens fires in Zam Zam camp

Is taken into police custody; police chief says he will be imprisoned for three months and dismissed from workAn Abu Tira soldier (central reserve force personnel) opened fire in North Darfur’s Zam Zam camp on Monday, a witness told Radio Dabanga.The witness said over the telephone that no one was hurt in the incident. “We immediately notified the police who sent over their personnel make arrest the soldier,” he said.An activist in the camp told Radio Dabanga that the police chief in the area told them that the Abu Tira soldier was in the custody of the El Fasher police. “The police chief said that a verdict to dismiss him from work and imprison him for three months will be issued,” the activist said.Poor health conditionsOn the other hand, activists in Zam Zam camp said that about 80 percent of those coming to the health centers every day were children complaining about severe inflammation in their chests due to extreme cold.The lack of blankets and wearing out of the older blankets is reportedly causing the illness. “Displaced people from the camp called on humanitarian organizations, especially the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) for providing blankets and tarpaulin sheets for children, disabled and elderly as well as other refugees in the camp,” the activist said.